Branson Lee

• Counsel to one of the country’s largest service providers for institutionally owned single-family residential assets.
• Counsel to various real estate developers and investors in joint ventures for multifamily, resort, and retail developments.
• Fund formation counsel to various real estate investment funds, some offered to institutional investors and some to retail investors.
• Counsel to various asset managers in the negotiation of managed accounts.
• Counsel to various fund sponsors and managers in roll-up and reorganization transactions involving real estate and real-estate-related assets.
• Counsel to a public, non-listed REIT in the launch of a 1031 DST syndication program.
• Counsel to various investment funds and a bank in the formation of captive REITs to hold real estate assets and mortgage-backed securities.
• Counsel to various sponsors of commingled qualified opportunity funds, with targeted investments including real estate development projects, renewable energy development projects, and startups and operating companies.
• Counsel to investors in various commingled and captive qualified opportunity funds.
• Counsel to investors in the negotiation of multiple unincorporated joint venture arrangements.

Branson Lee advises real estate investment funds, REITs, and other alternative investment vehicles on securities and tax matters related to their structuring, formation, equity and debt securities offerings, joint venture negotiations, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. He also represents developers and managers in a broad array of matters, including equity and debt financings, management contract negotiations, and various compliance matters. Branson has counseled fund sponsors and developers on structuring qualified opportunity funds and investments in qualified opportunity zones.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia
• New York

Education

• New York University (LL.M., 2013)
• The University of North Carolina (J.D., 2012)
• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S., 2009)